Adjustable closet-rod.



D. D. GOOD.

ADJUSTABLE CLOSET ROD. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 8. I914.

d Patented Ma 21,1918.

DAVID D. GOOD, 0]? PHILADELPHIA, TPENNSYLVANIA.

' ADJUSTABLE CLOSET-BOD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. SeptembcrS, 1914. Serial No. 860,652.

ToaZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, DAVID D. G001), a citizen of the United States, residing at 6203 J eiferson street, in the city of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Closet-Rods, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

My invention has relation to closet rods wherein they are adjustable to difi'erent sizes of closets, being supported by plates attached to the opposite wall.

My invention has for its object the provision of an adjustable rod for the support of clothes hangers.

My invention consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangements of parts hereinafter described.

Throughout the accompanying drawing similar figures indicate similar parts.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of the entire mechanism.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view through the rod 1 on the line X, Y.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the supported ends of the rods.

Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the supporting plates.

The rods 1 and 1 and the plates 2 and 2 are similar.

In Fig. 1, 2 and 2 are supporting plates designed to be attached to the end walls of a closet by means of screws through the holes 777. 'A supporting lug; consisting of the lower horizontal member 6, the inclined member 4 and the top horizontal catch 5; is formed from or attached to the plate. A vertical leaf 9 is placed to stand at an acute angle from the plate 2, its out side vertical edge being distant from the supporting lug 1 the thicknessof the rod 1.

1 and 1 are flat metal rods having a tang 17 so formed on one end that it stands at a right angle with the vertical plane of the rod and inclines at an acute angle to the horizontal plane of the rod. This tang is a trifle longer than the width of the supporting lug 1. I

The opposite end of the rods 1 and 1' are folded on themselves along a line 18 formin a 45 angle with the lower edge, the folc ed member being bent upward to the vertical 19 then across the top edge of the rod 1 to the horizontal 20 then downward to the vertical leaving suflicient space between the back of the rod 1 and the in side face of the last named vertical member 21 to embrace the rod 1.

Operation :The plates 2 and 2 are attached to the opposite walls of a closet by means of screws or nails through the holes 77. The rods 1 and 1 are taken one in each hand, the tangs 17 are placed back of the supporting lugs and the flat of the rod between them and the vertical leaves 9 the inwardly extending ends of the rods are raised sufliciently above the supporting plates to allow the tangs 17 to pass down behind the catch 5.

The rods are then lowered to the horizontal when each of the hooked ends consisting of the members 19, 20 and 21 will engage the other rod. As the rods approach the horizontal the upper edge of the inclined tangs 17, on account of their inclination to the rod will be drawn under the horizontal catch 5 of the supporting lug, upward displacement being thus prevented. The edge of the leaves 9 bear against the plane side of the rod securing the tangs 17 in the supporting lugs and hold the rods securely on their edges, the whole making a firm, adjustable support for clothes hangers and the like.

Having thus described my invention I claim:

1. In an adjustable closet rod the combination of supporting plates, supporting lugs thereon; consisting of a horizontal base a sloping face a horizontal catch; and flat rods with inclined rectilinear tangs engageable by the said lugs and catches substantially as described.

2. In an adjustable closet rod the combination of supporting plates supporting lugs, horizontal catches thereon and vertical leaves the edges of which are adapted to bear against and secure in place fiat metal rods-with inclined rectilinear tangs as described.

8. In an adjustable closet rod, the combination of two rods, locking means of support at their outer ends and their hooked inner ends adapted each to engage the opposite rod as they are both brought to the horizontal, substantially as described.

Patented May 21, 191%.. j

4:. In an adjustable closet rod the co1nbiwhen the tWo rods are brought together in nation of twov flat rods, their rectilinear a horizontal position as herein described. hooks each adapted to engage the opposite rod when brought to the horizontal, in- DAVID GOOD clined rectilinear supporting tangs engage- Witnesses:

able by supporting lugs and horizontal M. A. KNAPP,

catches adapted to secure them in place ELIZABETH R. KNAPP.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of latents, Washington, D. O. 

